Kantamaneni Uma Maheswari, 55, daughter of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N.T. Rama Rao was found dead at her residence at Jubilee Hills here on Monday.
Family members who alerted the police in the afternoon shifted her body to the Osmania General Hospital for post-mortem.
According to information, Uma Maheswari had gone into her room at around 12 noon and bolted herself inside. She was found dead when the door was forced open a little later.